The Courtship of Ferb
From the west Queen Maev to battle
Marched with seven hundred men;
On the plains of royal Ulster
Conor took the field again.
Maev upon the plains of Ulster
Far surpassed a hero's might,
Slew two sons of Conor, vanquished
Seven heroes in the fight.
Yet her host was routed, westwards
Home she fled, of might bereft;
And upon the field of battle
Seven times twenty warriors left.
Proudly marched the Ulster heroes 30
Towards the ancient home of Gerg,
There they swarmed the walls and plundered
All the treasures of the burg.
Bloody was the battle truly
That Gerg's folk with Ulster waged,
When, to death each other dooming,
King and kingly hero raged.
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